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Every second, millions of tons of hydrogen fuse into helium in the sun’s core as part of a massive chain of thermonuclear reactions that yield the energy equivalent of billions of exploding hydrogen bombs.

The U.S. Department of Energy led this year’s Carbonaceous Aerosol and Radiation Effects Study (CARES), including NASA researchers, to analyze the way these particles affect the area downwind of Sacramento.